Oneida Indian Nation leader Ray Halbritter says the Oneida and other tribes will launch a fund to buy uniforms to schools that drop nicknames offensive to Indians.

Halbritter already made the offer to Cooperstown High School, whose students recently voted to banish their "Redskins" nickname, to help buy the school new uniforms.

"In fact, to address this pervasive problem, the Oneida Nation is now working with Native American media outlets and other Indian nations to establish a fund that will help schools that follow in Cooperstown's footsteps to offset the cost of making similar transitions," Halbritter wrote in the New York Daily News.

Halbritter said there are 900 "ethnically insensitive" nicknames and mascots across the country at all levels of sport.

"The owners of professional sports franchises like the Cleveland Indians, the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Redskins continue to disrespect the heritage of Native American people with mascots and logos that insultingly portray aspects of our culture as a cheap cartoon -- and nothing more," Halbritter wrote.